An Alum sent along this California Bay Area opportunity:

Dear Colleague,

I am currently conducting a study measuring rates of and influences on culturally-specific tobacco products and assessing their potential impact on marked health disparities on South Asians in the United States.

I will be fielding a survey in ethnic enclaves in Northern (e.g., Fremont/Sunnyvale) and Southern (e.g., Artesia/Cerritos) California to examine these patterns.  Accordingly, I am requesting some volunteers to aid me in this effort.  The time/effort needed can be dictated by the volunteer, but generally will entail 2-3 hours on a given day.  We will be using an innovative sampling methodology to survey this population and it would be a good opportunity to get some “on-the-ground” experience in community-based research within the South Asian community.

For those who are academically-inclined and/or research-oriented, I am open to potential opportunities to publish with me once these data are collected.

I will enter the field for data collection in mid-July and data collection should run (intermittently) until the end of August.  Again, the specific details for volunteering can be dictated by the interested individual, in accord with the data collection protocol.

I hope that some of you will consider this opportunity to contribute to our understanding of South Asian health disparities and understanding potential targets for intervention.  Please do send this to any other distibution lists that may be appropriate. If you are interested, please email (or call) me and I can provide more details.

Best,

Arnab